The Vanishing Trick: A Personal Perspective on the NHS

In the latest issue of The Reader magazine, GP Andrew Schuman discusses working in the NHS - and the ways in which poetry can alert us to some precious and vanishing values. As he writes:

I've been a General Practitioner, working for the National Health Service for twenty four years. A few weeks ago, I received this letter from an 83-year-old patient's wife....

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